The Albuquerque Police Department website was down Sunday after an apparent cyber-attack.A department spokesperson said the attack happened around 11 a.m. Sunday. As part of the attack, the personal information of high-ranking police officials was released."We can confirm that the website disruption is due to a cyber-attack," APD Officer Simon Drobik said.On Twitter, a group called "Anonymous" took credit for crashing the site. The group released a video last week that said APD murdered James Boyd in cold blood.The group tweeted the home addresses of several police officials.APD said Sunday's cyber threat has not affected public safety communications, so response services are OK. The police department's Facebook and Twitter accounts are also down. APD disabled them in anticipation of a cyber-attack.Anonymous is also taking credit for crashing the city of Albuquerque's website. A city spokesperson said the website was down for about five minutes. He wouldn't confirm if it was because of anonymous.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

The Albuquerque Police Department website was down Sunday after an apparent cyber-attack.

A department spokesperson said the attack happened around 11 a.m. Sunday. As part of the attack, the personal information of high-ranking police officials was released.

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"We can confirm that the website disruption is due to a cyber-attack," APD Officer Simon Drobik said.

On Twitter, a group called "Anonymous" took credit for crashing the site. The group released a video last week that said APD murdered James Boyd in cold blood.

The group tweeted the home addresses of several police officials.

APD said Sunday's cyber threat has not affected public safety communications, so response services are OK. The police department's Facebook and Twitter accounts are also down. APD disabled them in anticipation of a cyber-attack.

Anonymous is also taking credit for crashing the city of Albuquerque's website. A city spokesperson said the website was down for about five minutes. He wouldn't confirm if it was because of anonymous.